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Lachenalia Orchioides (y). Sessile- 

 Flowered Lachenalia. 



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Clafs and Order. 



Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character, 



Cor. infera, fexpartita, campanulato-cylindrica, vel lato- 

 campanulata ; laciniae extimae fubcalycinae, breviores, magis 

 acutae. Organa affurgentia. Cap/, ovato-triquetra. Sem, plura 

 globofa. G. 



Obs. Radix bulbui tunicatus ; folia i-plurima, teneriora, fucculenta. 

 Scapus carnofus. Flares fpicato-racemofi, de paucis et remotis numerofi 

 atque conferti evadentes. Connetlitur for/an cum Drimia ffua proximo 

 vicinaj ambigua ea fpecie Lachenalia anguftifolia ; dijlinguitur ge- 

 nerics Jiigmate JimpliciJJimo, corolla non revoluta, capjula non jubhextedra 

 neque Jlipitata ; differt porro bulbi habitu, G. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



LACHENALIA orchioides (flore medio) foliis fubbinis, lorato- 

 oblongis ; racemo multifloro ; corollis fub- 

 feffilibus, urceolato-cylindricis ; laciniis in- 

 timis obtufis, alteris tertia parte longioribus, 

 patulo-porre&is j extimis fubconvergenti- 

 bus. G. 



LACHENALIA orchioides. Hort. Kew. 1. 460. Jacq. lc. 

 Rar. 2. /. 390. Coll. 3. 241. JVilld. Sp. 

 PL 2. 172. 



PHORMIUM hyacinlhoides. Suppl. 204. 



HYACINTHUS orchioides Sp. PL 455. 



MUSCARI orchioides. Mill. Dicl. 5. 



(y) corolla viridi-purpurafcens fed obfoletius. G. 



One of the moft variable of the genus both in fize and colour, 

 as well as in the marking of the leaves ; alfo the oldeft recorded 



inhabitant 



